Robbinsdale Cooper at Benilde-St. Margaret's
7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29

Benilde-St. Margaret's sits just one game behind Chaska in the Metro West Conference standings, and the Red Knights have a big game against Robbinsdale Cooper on the docket this week.

If No. 6-3A Benilde-St. Margaret's (13-5, 5-2) hopes to keep pace with Chaska, it will have to get through a Cooper team (11-4, 4-3) it lost to 88-75 on Dec. 17.

A key to avoiding a similar result will be attempting to slow the Hawks' leading scorers Melvin and Beijan Newbern, who each tallied 24 points in the first meeting.

The Red Knights got a 25-point performance from senior guard Sam Baker (16.3 ppg) in the defeat.